Baccalaureate Mission Statement of the Carver School of Social Work:
Campbellsville University’s Baccalaureate Social Work Program stresses academic excellence and personal growth within a nurturing, Christian environment. The program expands the University’s mission in advancing students toward continued learning in all aspects of life with specialized emphasis on the professional application of generalist social work practice. Scholarship, leadership, and Christian service are practiced as a part of the baccalaureate program with encouragement and emphasis placed on continuation throughout life. As a facilitator of progressive change, the social work program strives to teach service within diverse communities, organizations, groups, families, and individuals, all in the context of Christian service.
The Baccalaureate Social Work Program at Campbellsville University is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Social Work Program Goals:
The social work program at Campbellsville University will:
- Prepare students for competent practice as generalist-level social workers with client systems of various sizes and types;
- Prepare students for practice with diverse populations, locally, regionally and nationally;
- Provide content about the social context of social work practice, the changing nature of that context, the behavior of organizations and the dynamics of change;
- Prepare graduates to demonstrate acquire values, ethics and beliefs that are universal in the social work profession and helpful in preparing students for leadership and Christian service;
- Prepare graduates that are aware of their responsibility to continue their professional growth, development and education.
Social Work Program Educational Competencies:
2.1.1 Professional Identify
a. Advocate for client access to the services of social work
b. Practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development
c. Attend to professional roles and boundaries
d. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication
e. Engage in career-long learning
f. Use supervision and consultation
2.1.2 Ethical Principles
a. Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice
b. Make ethical decisions by applying standards of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and, as applicable, of the International Federation of Social Workers/International Association of Schools of Social Work Ethics
c. Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts
d. Apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions
2.1.3 Critical Thinking
a. Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge, and practice wisdom
b. Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation
Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues
2.1.4 Engage Diversity and Difference
a. Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create, or enhance privilege and power
b. Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse groups
c. Recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life experiences
View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants
2.1.5 Advance Human Rights & Social and Economic Justice
a. Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination
b. Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice
Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice
2.1.6 Research-Informed Practice/Practice-Informed Research
a. Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry
Research evidence to inform practice
2.1.7 Knowledge of Human Behavior and Social Environment
a. Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation
b. Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment
2.1.8 Policy Practice – Advance Social/Economic
a. Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being
b. Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action
2.1.9 Contexts that Shape Practice
a. Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific and technological developments, and emerging societal trends to provide relevant services
b. Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to improve the quality of social services
2.1.10 Engage, Assess, Intervene & Evaluate
2.1.10(a) Engagement
i. Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
ii. Use empathy and other interpersonal skills
iii. Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes
2.1.10(b) Assessment
i. Collect, organize, and interpret client data
ii. Assess client strengths and limitations
iii. Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives
iv. Select appropriate intervention strategies
2.1.10(c) Intervention
i. Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals
ii. Implement prevention interventions that enhance clients capacities
iii. Help clients resolve problems
iv. Negotiate, meditate, and advocate for clients
v. Facilitate transitions and endings
2.1.10(d) Evaluation
Social workers critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions